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When it comes to movies, leave no stone unturned

Don't settle for two dimensions. Add 3D to your home theater arsenal with Sony's BDP-S5100 Blu-ray player. Take advantage of your TV's incredible 1080p and 3D capabilities for amazing picture quality and three-dimensional effects without leaving your house. You say you don't own a 3D-compatible home theater receiver? No problem — you can still enjoy a thrilling movie experience. Simply connect an HDMI cable directly from the BDP-S5100 to your TV for flawless picture quality, and use the S5100's coaxial digital output to send the audio signal to your receiver. That way you can enjoy this player's advanced audio capabilities through your stereo or multichannel speakers.

Built-in Wi-Fi brings more movies home

The Sony BDP-S5100 offers viewing options far beyond your disc collection thanks to built-in Wi-Fi. With more than 100 apps for movies and shows like Netflix®, Amazon Instant Video, HuluPlus™, and YouTube™, your viewing options are practically endless. The SideView app also lets you control the player from your smartphone, transforming it into a powerful Wi-Fi remote. You can even push videos, movies, and photos from your compatible smartphone or tablet directly to the 'S5100 using your wireless home network. SideView features require both your player and smartphone to be connected to the same wireless network.

More ways to entertain

With a networked PC, you can stream videos, photos, and music to the 'S5100. Have a USB flash drive with photos and music? Pop it into the BDP-S5100's front-panel USB port and display your photos on your HDTV for instant slide shows. Or play MP3s through your home theater speakers — perfect for making party mixes without having to burn CDs. A thumb drive can also allow you to download BD-Live content from select Blu-ray discs, for access to bonus features like music and soundtrack information, behind-the-scenes trivia, and games.

Key Features:

built-in Wi-Fi for wireless streaming with 100+ apps for playing TV shows, movies, and music, including Netflix, HuluPlus, Amazon Instant Video, YouTube, and Pandora Internet radio (subscriptions required for some services)

control the player and stream content from compatible smartphones and tablets with Sony's SideView app for Apple and Android devices (requires both devices to be connected to the same wireless home network)

fully enclosed optical drive offers improved protection against dust

Socialize feature allows you to make posts about movies, videos and music to social media

stream photos/videos/music from a compatible DLNA-enabled Windows® PC

BD-Live and BonusView support for added bonus features with compatible discs (requires external USB storage device)

remote control

plays Region A Blu-ray discs and Region 1 DVDs

Technical Specs:

selectable video resolution up to 1080p, with video upconversion for DVD

Blu-ray Disc players  the ultimate picture and sound

Blu-ray players deliver a better picture to your HDTV than any other available source. In fact, Blu-ray's 1080p picture is a perfect match for the 1080p screens found on most current TVs. Blu-ray movies also offer the most precise and realistic surround sound you can get. These players do a terrific job with standard DVDs, too  you'll see a cleaner, clearer picture with every disc in your collection. Many Blu-ray players can connect to the Internet for watching online movies from Netflix® and other video services.

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Disc and USB Compatibility

Disc Compatibility: The Sony BDP-S5100 Blu-ray disc player is compatible with many disc
types:

Disc
Type

Disc
Description

Blu-ray

BD-ROM, BD-3D, BD-R, BD-RE

DVD

DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R,
DVD+RW

CD

CD-Audio, CD-R, CD-RW, SACD

Blu-ray Disc Overview: Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a high-definition
disc format designed to take advantage of today's high quality HDTVs. The resolution
is up to 1920 x 1080 (1080p) and the data transfer rate is up to 54 Mbps. Blu-ray Disc
discs and players offer several advantages over the standard DVD format:

Better Picture Quality: Blu-ray Disc
is a true high-definition format offering video at 720p,
1080i, or 1080p resolution. While standard DVDs look very
good on an HDTV, they don't provide a high-definition signal
(not even when you use an up-converting DVD player). Blu-ray
Disc delivers an extraordinarily sharp, clean, detailed
picture, with deeper, richer colors.

Greater Storage Capacity: What
makes Blu-ray Disc's superior picture and sound possible
is the much higher storage capacity of Blu-ray Disc discs.
A single-layer Blu-ray Disc can hold 25 gigabytes of data,
over five times the amount a standard DVD can hold. Dual-layer
Blu-ray Discs hold 50 gigabytes, which equates to nine hours
of High Definition or 23 hours of Standard Definition video,
plus high-resolution multi-channel audio and the added features
and material that require multiple discs with standard DVD.

Backward Compatible: To ensure backward-compatibility with your existing
library of discs, Blu-ray Disc players use a dual-laser mechanism:
a blue laser for playing high-definition Blu-ray Discs, and a
conventional red laser for playing DVDs and audio CDs.

Note: Like DVD, BD uses region codes. The region code on
your disc must match the region code on your player, otherwise the disc will
not play. The BDP-S5100 is Blu-ray region A and DVD region 1. Blu-ray Disc
uses the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) to prevent unauthorized
recording of copyrighted material.

Firmware Updates: As Blu-Ray technology continues to evolve,
new disc types with enhanced functionality will become available. In order for
you to enjoy this new functionality, you will likely be required to update the
firmware in your player. These firmware updates will become available for
downloading from the Internet. Occasionally, Sony may release updated firmware
for this unit that may add or improve the way a feature operates. These updates
are available free of charge. This unit is capable of checking the firmware
automatically when connected to the Internet via broadband connection.

Note: The tested Sony BDP-S5100 Blu-ray player contained
firmware version M15.R.0042 with an immediate update for firmware version
M15.R.0095 (as of
3/19/2013). Visit the
Sony eSupport Site for the latest firmware update information.

SACD: Super Audio CD use a technology called Direct Stream
Digital (DSD) to convert music into a digital signal that can be stored on a
disc. Compared to the traditional PCM method (the technology used for CD), DSD
offers a much higher resolution by following more closely the original waveform
of music. With a frequency response of over 100kHz and a dynamic range over
120dB across the audible frequency range - some 64 times higher resolution then
CD - Super Audio CD offers music reproduction that reveals details you just
cannot hear on a normal CD.

Dual USB Ports: The front and rear-panel USB (type-A) ports
allow you to play photo, videos, and music files on a connected USB device.
The player can recognize Mass Storage Class (MSC) Devices
that are FAT-compatible and Still Image Capture Devices
(SICD) class devices. The player can recognize up to 500 folders/files. The USB port also allows you to enjoy additional
content (such as BonusView) on certain Blue-ray Disc titles.
Some BD-ROMs have bonus content and other data which can be
downloaded to an inserted USB Flash Drive (minimum 1 GB
recommended, sold separately).

Video Section

HDMI (ver.1.4): The BDP-S5100's
HDMI output simplifies A/V connections by carrying video and digital audio in
one cable. The HDMI resolution can be fixed at 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, or
1080p, or set to Auto, which selects the highest resolution accepted by your
television.

Note: This player does not offer any analog
audio/video outputs.

Precision Cinema HD Upscaling: Through the HDMI output,
the BDP-S5100 is capable of upscaling the resolution of your standard DVDs. Output
options include Auto (highest resolution accepted by the TV), 1080p (60 Hz video
or 24 Hz), 1080i, or 720p. If necessary the output resolution can also be set to
480p or 480i. You can also choose to bypass the Blu-ray player's scaler, so the
source material's original resolution is passed to your connected TV.

24p True Cinema: Movies are typically recorded on film with a
frame rate of 24 frames per second. When a movie is transferred to Blu-ray Disc at
24 frames per second the BDP-S5100 will output that signal to the TV (if the TV will
accept the 1080p/24 format) with no need for conversion.

Triluminos Color: The BDP-S5100 Blu-ray player incorporates Sony's
Triluminos Color technology to provide a wider color gamut with rich, authentic color and a far more natural viewing experience with a
heightened sense of depth.

Deep Color: The Sony Blu-ray player supports a color depth of
up to 12 bits. Connecting the player and a TV that supports Deep Color via HDMI
allows more accurate color reproduction than when connecting it to a TV that does
not support Deep Color. The Deep Color function can be set to 10-bit, 12-bit,
Auto, or Off.

x.v.Color: The BDP-S5100 supports x.v.Color, meaning it's ready
for x.v.Color discs when they become available in the future.

Screen Settings: The Sony BDP-S5100 features the following
screen
settings:

Screen Format: You can select the display configuration
for a 4:3 screen picture on a 16:9 wide screen television. You can choose
Full or Normal (select when
connected to a TV with a wide mode function;
displays a 4:3 screen picture in 16:9 aspect
ratio even on a wide-screen TV) or Normal (changes
the picture size to fit the screen size with the
original picture aspect ratio).

DVD Aspect Ratio: You can select the
display configuration for playback of 16:9 screen pictures
on a 4:3 screen TV. You can select from Letter Box or Pan
and Scan.

Cinema Conversion Mode: The Sony Blu-ray player offers two
Cinema Conversion Modes - (1) Auto mode automatically detects whether the
material is video-based or film-based, and switches to the appropriate
conversion method. (2) The Video mode is suited for video-based material and
will always be selected regardless of the content.

BonusView: The BonusView feature provides picture-in-picture
capability with select Blu-ray Disc titles. You can view addition content (such
as director/actor commentary) in a small display window while the movie is playing.

Dolby Digital Plus: Dolby Digital Plus
was developed as an extension to Dolby Digital. The audio
coding technology supports 7.1 channel surround sound. Dolby
Digital Plus also includes the standard Dolby Digital bit
stream and is compatible with all current Dolby Digital
processors using the coaxial digital output.

Dolby TrueHD: Dolby TrueHD is a lossless
coding technology that supports up to 8 channels of multi-channel
surround sound for the next generation optical discs. The reproduced
sound is true to the original source bit-for-bit.

DTS-HD High Resolution Audio: DTS-HD High
Resolution Audio supports a maximum sampling frequency of 96 kHz,
and 7.1 multi-channel surround. DTS-HD High Resolution Audio has
a maximum transmission rate of 6 Mbps, with a lossy compression.

Digital Audio Outputs: The BDP-S5100 is equipped with a
coaxial (RCA) digital output. The Audio menu allows you to select the digital
audio format that is passed through the coaxial digital output. Settings allow
you to transfer Dolby Digital and/or DTS sound tracks, or down-mix surround
bitstreams to 2-channel PCM audio.

Network/Internet Functions

Wired or Wireless Network Connection: The Sony BDP-S5100
Blu-ray player supports a wired or wireless network connection. Via the Blu-ray
player's network connection your can enjoy music, video, and still-image files
stored on your computer. You can also listen to internet radio and watch online
movies, via Bravia Entertainment Network.

Ethernet (LAN) Jack: The Sony BDP-S5100 Blu-ray player
is equipped with an Ethernet (LAN) RJ-45 jack for connecting the player to
your home network and computer.

Built-in Wireless LAN: The Sony Blu-ray player also
features built-in WiFi which allows you to wirelessly access the Internet
and your home network. The Blu-ray player's built-in WiFi provides a
wireless network connection for the player with easy and quick setup. With
this feature, you can easily connect to a wireless LAN and enjoy the
benefits of networking in a cable-free environment. A wireless connection
requires a home network with an 802.11 b/g/n access point (802.11n
recommended) and internet connection. Supports WPS, WEP, and WPA security.

Bravia Entertainment Network: Once the Sony BDP-S5100 has
been connected to your home network (via Ethernet or WiFi), you can have your
favorite internet content delivered to the Sony Blu-ray player via Bravia
Internet Audio/Video, the Opera TV Store, or the built-in web browser. You can
stream movies, videos, music, and more with Bravia Internet Video; while the
built-in web-browser lets you search on-line content by URL. The Opera TV Store
lets you download additional apps.

Bravia Internet Audio/Video: Bravia Internet
Audio/Video serves as a gateway to online audio/video content, delivering a
variety of on-demand entertainment straight to the Sony Blu-ray player.
Bravia Internet Audio/Video allows you to instantly stream a wide variety of
movies, TV episodes, videos, and music from a large selection of
entertainment apps.

Opera Internet Browser: The built-in Opera Internet
Browser allows you to access select web content through the Sony Blu-ray
player. Using the Opera Internet Browser, you gain access to Sony.com and
Gracenote Music Services. The built-in internet browser also allows you to
do basic keyword searches, so you can browse other select websites
(text-based only). The Opera Internet Browser is not a full search
engine for the Internet and Web. For Internet audio/video/photo content, use
Sony's Bravia Internet Video service. Some web-pages maybe too large for
download.

Opera TV Store: The Opera TV Store provides a collection of
additional downloadable web apps that are optimized for TV viewing. These apps
range from videos, games, weather, news, world clocks, and social networks.

Bravia Internet Audio/Video Library: Click
here for a full list of Sony Entertainment Network content.. The chart below lists many of the popular pre-installed Bravia Internet apps
(as of 3/14/2013).

App Categories

Popular Apps

Movies

Video Unlimited: Video Unlimited is
the ultimate source for the latest hit movies, classics and TV shows
from every major studio. Forget monthly subscriptions or late fees.
Watch what you want, when you want. Buy or rent titles in SD, 1080p
HD or 3D (select titles) up to 28 days before Netflix or Redbox.

Vudu: Vudu is an HD on-demand movie
service. With over 3,000 movies available on-demand in streaming
1080p, VUDU offers you the world's largest HD movie catalog. You can
watch new movies on Vudu the same day they're released on DVD. Vudu
delivers 1080p vide with 5.1ch surround sound. There is no monthly
subscription fee. Pay for only the movies you want to watch.

Flixster: Get the hottest new movie
trailers from Flixster.

Amazon Instant Video: Amazon Instant
Video lets you search, browse and rent your favorites instantly,
right from your couch. Choose from over 90,000 movies and TV shows,
including the latest new releases

SnagFilms: The best Indie movies on
demand.

CinemaNow: CinemaNow is a digital
entertainment service that offers instant access to an extensive
library of premium video content for rental or purchase, including
new release movies and TV shows, with no subscription required.

Crackle: The next-generation video
entertainment network with hundreds of movies, TV shows and original
series from the vast Sony Pictures library.

Music

Music Unlimited: Music Unlimited offers you
unlimited access to millions of songs from every major label. Forget
syncing MP3 files across multiple devices; simply connect to the
cloud to instantly experience the music you love anytime, anyplace.
Enjoy timeless favorites or dare to try something new; all without
paying for each track or album.

Pandora: Free, personalized internet radio playing
only music you love. Pandora brings an effortless personal
soundtrack into your living room. Enter your favorite artists and
enjoy stations created just for you. Rate songs as they play,
because Pandora caters to your tastes and adapts stations to your
feedback on the spot.

Slacker: Slacker is a free personalized radio
service with millions of songs from thousands of artists. Simply
select your favorite type of music from one of over 120
expert-programmed genre stations. As you listen, give feedback and
the station becomes personalized just for you.

vTuner: vTuner offers easy browsing of internet radio stations
and podcasts. vTuner enables access to web-based radio stations and
podcasts via an extremely reliable online database with a wide
variety of content. You can browse content by Genre, Location,
Language, and Favorites.

Berliner Philharmoniker: Enjoy one of the world's
best orchestras directly from your connected Sony TV.

Social Media

YouTube: The world's most popular
online destination, comes to your Sony Connected Device. This forum
allows people to discover and watch millions of originally-created
videos.

Twitter:Instantly connect to what's most
important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite
celebrities, and breaking news. Get
breaking news, headlines, and top stories from leading news sources,
designed for the big screen.

Facebook: Millions of
people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an
unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more
about the people they meet.

Sports

XOS College Sports: Offers the
largest digital library of college sports content, spanning 75+
years of competition. Watch full games, original programming, season
highlights and documentaries both past and present. All the best
conferences, teams and sports are here.

NHL Games: Watch live and archived
NHL games.

GolfLink.com: Built for golfers, and
covering over 21,000 courses, Golflink.com brings you everything you
need to track and improve your game.

AOL HD: Watch the latest in technology from
Engadget and TechCrunch, catch up on the latest celebrity gossip
from Huffington Post, preview the latest movies from Moviefone, or
even learn how to cook like a pro from personalities such as Curtis
Stone, Sam Talbot and Gail Simmons - all from AOL HD.

eHow: Watch the latest videos from Howcast, your
source for the best how-to videos. From how to write a resume - to
how to survive a bear attack, Howcast shows you how to do just about
anything; wherever and whenever you want to know how.

Livestrong: The destination for health, fitness and
lifestyle videos. Take responsibility and live an active, healthy
lifestyle every day.

Style.com: The definitive voice of fashion online,
providing comprehensive coverage of the major fashion shows and
authoritative reports on seasonal trends.

elgourmet.com: With original contents for those who
know how to enjoy the pleasures of life, elgourmet.com offers 24 hrs
of uninterrupted programming for experts in fine living.

Epicurious: Learn how to prepare dishes from around
the world, tour celebrity kitchens and get tips on entertaining.

WealthTV: WealthTV is the premier luxury lifestyle
and entertainment cable network that gives you a vicarious look into
the American Dream. From the fastest cars to the most exotic
destinations, WealthTV allows you to travel the world and live the
good life without having to leave your living room.

uStudio: Professionally-produced video clips and
how-to videos. Named 'Best of Web' by BusinessWeek readers in 2008.

DailyMotion: Engages your world with video of your
interests and hobbies, eyewitness accounts of recent news and
distant places and everything else from strange to spectacular.

News

NPR: Acclaimed audio podcasts from National Public
Radio featuring news, talk, and entertainment.

NewsLook: Whether you're interested in anything
ranging from World News and US Politics to Recipes and Celebrity
Gossip, NewsLook's topic based video RSS reader has everything
you're looking for available in real time. Watch news on the go or
from the comfort of your home on your connected Sony TV.

Note: Bravia Internet Audio/Video requires a home
network with a connection speed of at least 2.5 Mbps recommended (10 Mbps
for HD content). Video quality and picture size vary and are dependent upon
broadband speed and delivery by content provider. Online content may require
additional fees and/or PC registration. Available online content may change
without notice.

DLNA Certified: DLNA certification allows you to enjoy
various content from your home network, such as photo (JPEG/PNG/GIF), music
(MP3/WMA/WAV), and video (AVCHD/MPEG/WMV/XVID) files stored on your Windows 7 PC (or
other DLNA Certified media server) through the Sony BDP-S5100. The Blu-ray
player can be connected to your compatible PC using a hardwired Ethernet (LAN)
connection or Wi-Fi connection (via built-in WiFi). This eliminates the need to
copy your photo, video, and music files to a separate USB storage device.

Party Streaming: You can play music in other rooms
simultaneously by connecting Sony products which are compatible with DLNA and
the Party Streaming function.

Gracenote Metadata Service: The Gracenote Metadata service
instantly gives you access to detailed information about the movies you are
watching through the Blu-ray disc player internet connectivity. This
easy-to-navigate service displays information such as cast information, genre,
jacket art and more right on the TV screen. You can also access select internet
apps including YouTube and Qriocity to find related entertainment.

Note: Requires Internet connectivity. Some disc titles may not be
supported by the Gracenote service.

BD-Live: BD-Live technology allows you to download and stream
bonus content such as additional scenes, shorts, trailers, movie-based games, and
more from a broadband Internet and home network connections (fees may apply). The
Sony Blu-ray player features an Ethernet port to connect to the Internet via your
home network and features front-panel USB port for additional storage.

Note: You must have a minimum 1GB USB
memory device inserted in the unit's front-panel USB port
in order to download content from BD-Live.

Convenience Features

Quick Start: Quick Start speeds up the load time on movies,
so discs start faster after they're inserted into the Blu-ray player. The Sony
Blu-ray player has a start-up time of approximately 2.7 seconds in Quick Start
mode (25.1 seconds in normal mode). In Quick Start mode, it takes approximately
18.7 seconds for a Blu-ray disc to begin playback (35.3 seconds in normal mode).

Note: The Start Up/Play Back Time tests were started
with the Blu-ray player initially turned off and in standby mode. The Start Up
Time test was stopped when the player's Home Menu screen appeared. The Play
Back Time test was stopped when the Blu-ray disc began playback.

On-Screen Display: The Sony BDP-S5100 provides an OSD via its
HDMI output. The on-screen text can be set to English,
French, Spanish, or Portuguese. In addition, the unit offers a dot-matrix front-panel
display.

Screen Saver: The screen saver image appears when you do not
use the player for more than 10 minutes while an on-screen display, such as the
home menu, is displayed on your TV screen. The screen saver image helps prevent
your display devices from becoming damaged.

Auto Standby: If any button on the player or remote is not pressed for
more than 30 minutes, the player automatically returns to standby mode.

Parental Control: The Sony BDP-S5100 offers Parental Control
settings to limit BD, DVD, and streamed Internet video according to the age of
the users. You can also Allow or Block all unrated Internet video. The control
settings are protected by a custom 4-digit password. You can also lock the disc
tray to prevent it from being opened by mistake.

Energy Star Compliant: The Sony BDP-S5100 Blu-ray player meets Energy
Star 2.0 standards. Electric power consumption is significantly reduced during
both use and standby.

Remote Control

Multi-brand Remote: The supplied remote operates the Blu-ray
player and a Sony TV's power on/off, input select, and volume up/down. The
remote even has a dedicated Netflix button for immediate access to your Netflix
movies. The remote
is also pre-programmed with power, input, and volume controls for several other
brand TVs.

HDMI Control (Bravia Sync): Sony components compatible with
the HDMI Control function can be controlled via the HDMI connection. This includes
convenient features like One-Touch Play and System Power-Off.

Sony TV SideView App: With the free Sony TV SideView App,
you can control the BDP-S5100 Blu-ray player and browse content from your Apple
iPod touch/iPhone/iPad (5.0+) or Android smartphone/tablet (2.2+). Simply
download the this app from the
iTunes App Store or
Google Play Store. The TV SideView App will allow your compatible Apple iOS
or Android device to act as a remote control and software keyboard for the Sony
Blu-ray player. You can also view disc information and search for Sony Bravia
Internet apps from your compatible mobile device. In addition, you can use your
Apple iOS/Android device to stream your videos, pictures, and music stored on
your Windows computer or DLNA server to the Blu-ray player and your connected
TV.

Note: The Sony TV SideView App requires that the Sony
Blu-ray player and your Apple iOS or Android device be connected to the same
DLNA compatible wireless network with the remote device connected through an
802.11 access point (802.11n recommended).

USB Keyboard Compatible: The Sony Blu-ray player also supports the
connection of a USB 101 keyboard, which makes web browsing simpler.

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Sony BDP-S5100

Good product. Had it for a month or so now, and it seems to work very well. Plays very well, and even seems to improve my existing dvd's also. The price was good compared to others I have shopped. It also has a multitude of other features such as video streaming from the internet. Its nice to be able to do this through this device rather than having to hook my computer to my tv, or watch on the laptop screen. Its also a nice looking product. Sounds silly, but i like that it isnt just another square black box, but rather a small geometric sculpture! Very happy, all-in-all, and would certainly recommend it for a cost effective blu ray that does a WHOLE lot more.

Great All-in-one-DVD player

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Don't bother with others

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Quality Video and Packed with Features

Has most of the features the high end Oppo's have. Plays almost every imaginable disk, including SACD. The smart features connected wirelessly (or wired if preferred) to the net provide so many apps, like netflix, amazon prime, crackle...the list goes on and on. Oh and of course Blu-ray playback is amazing.

Works Well for the Price

Purchased the unit as a replacement to a Sony Google TV Blu-ray player. I am making the switch because the old player would crash when streaming Netflix. I purchased this unit based on the price point as I have not had much luck with Sony product lately. The Netflix on this player works well and loads and plays DVD / Blu-ray discs well. Overall a good player.

Great product

This player has a great picture and a very sleek look. Only downfall is that the way the top is curved and the buttons are on top, so i can't stack anything on top of it but overall performance is excellent

Wow

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Sony BDP-S5100

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Sony Blu-Ray Player

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Great Little Blu-Ray Player

We purchased this player to go along with our new digital receiver so all our connections would be HDMI and "simple". We have been very happy with the player. It looks slick, was smaller than we thought it would be so it takes up less space than our previous DVD player, set up very easily and intuitively, and so far works great! Comes with a ton of apps!

Simple, Affordable, Can't ask for more!

Setup is extremely simple. HDMI out to RX, setup the WIFI, add your Netflix/Hulu or other associated accounts and you are done. Upscaling up normal DVD's seems to work well and I haven't had any problems with any new Blu-ray Discs yet. My old system would have some problems from time to time playing newer discs even with the updated software.

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Great product!

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The Quality you expect

I expect quality from Sony and this blue ray has it. I have played DVD, Blue Ray and 3D and it has worked great with them all. Easy to setup, easy to use. If you want a nice mid price player then you will do well with this one.

Sony BDP-S5100

At this price and with all the features you would possibly need and plus a few more, and then they added the easiest setup you could hope for....there really is no other choice in my book. Great unit, love it! The other reviewers nailed this one...

Great Blu-Ray player

For the money you can't go wrong with this Blu-Ray player. I had a Samsung, which was sooo slow loading up Blu-Rays and dvds. The Sony loads up so much faster! We love the Netflix app. I have had the Sony BDP-S5100 player for a while, and would definitely buy it again!!

Pros:Ease of use, Number of apps, Fast loading, Good Price, Wireless, and Good picture

Easy as 1 -2 -3 Very Nice BR DVD for Video Streaming

I downgraded my premium cable channels - very disappointed with the prices I was paying to watch 5-10 year old movies on HBO - this BR DVD fit the bill. I am an older senior partially retired and the set-this up and connect to Netflix was very smooth and effortless! I am so relieved I was fearful it would be stressful. I highly recommend for accessing video streaming - I have not tried Amazon, Hula or an other providers-- YET! Now I have access to some movies that are newer 2012 and I can select them when I want to for just 7.95 per month. Also picture quality is very noticeable on NON Blue-Ray DVD's!

Sony BDP-S5100

the first unit received HDMI output had no signal to TV. Thanks to service department and one phone call a second unit was received within a week with a hassle free shipping back to Crutchfield. The second unit hooked up trouble free.

No app functionality

Despite description from Sony, this 2013 model actually doesn't have any smartphone/tablet app functionality. The 2012 models do, but not 2013. An update is due for 2013, but Sony rep couldn't provide a time estimate.

If you were planning on controlling this unit behind a cabinet with an app, it won't work. Otherwise a good unit.

Sony BDP-S5100

Have been using this player for a little over a week, with no problems! I have two other Sony Blu-ray players, I'm happy with them, as well! Got a good deal from the Crutchfield Outlet on a open box, everything was there and looked like new!

Great Blu-ray, great price

Written By Jim, Central VA on Wednesday, August 07, 2013

This is a great little blu-ray player at a great price. Personally, my primary concern with a blu-ray player is how well does it play blu-ray discs. This means I pay very close attention to clarity of picture and the players ability to process the soundtrack. After all, that's the whole reason they invented blu-ray in the first place, to give the home theatre an incredible HD experience. Its nice that these newer players can be hooked up to the internet and can stream content from the web, but its not why I buy a blu-ray player. All that being said, this player does its job extremely well. The picture is crystal clear and it can recreate the visual impact of movies beautifully. It also handles the sound track of today's HD movies beautifully as well. The players audio and video settings are very simple to set up and its WiFi set up is quick and easy also. The first thing the player does once it can connect to the internet is check for a firmware update which you can then download and install when you desire. The unit looks pretty cool and it has a very nice price point for all that you get. The only flaw that I see, and this is the same flaw I see with a lot of things made in today's market, is that it is made with cheap plastic. Its over all build quality leaves a bit to be desired. But since I don't plan on throwing the player around the house I guess I can live with this one weakness.

Pros:Does what it is made to do very well and it does it at a nice price point.

SONY BDP-S5100

Excellent product. Best Blu-Ray I have owned. Easy to set-up, lots of apps, updates are quick. No issues and would buy this product again. Dual HDMI outputs--allows you to use just TV or run thru your Receiver/Surround system

Pros:Ease of use, number of apps, quick loading

Cons:Odd shape makes it difficult to stack with other equipment--it needs to go at the top

Great disc player and network media client

Written By RobS, San Francisco, CA on Saturday, August 03, 2013

With this great product we not only upgraded an old DVD player to Blu-ray but also ditched our aging ROKU as well... it functions perfectly as a HD disc player and also accesses all the network content we were using (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Pandora, etc). The best part for us, though, was the built-in DLNA support -- we now have on-demand access to our library of hundreds of DVDs we put on an old Mac in our home. And of course, Crutchfield service and price were both great. HIGHLY recommend.

Good value

The product was on sale, for 20 off. This is my second Blu ray player, the first being a discount store special that was given to me. The Sony is a better sorted product, allowing easier access to more features. The image quality is a little better. The sound is about the same. It could be my imagination, but I think my old Denon DVD player had better sound than either of the Blu ray players. Perhaps because my old HK AVR does not pull sound from the HDMI cable and although the Sony does offer user selection options on the digital co-axial output (unlike the cheeper blu ray player) I think it sends its best sound through the HDMI cable. My Denon DVD player sent its best and only sound through the digital co-axial output.

Pros:Value, image quality, ease of use.

Cons:Due to it's unique shape it does look odd when stacked on another bit of equipment. But it looks good on a piece of modern furniture, or even better on a great piece of mid-century modern furniture. Just in case you happen to have something like that.

Sony BDP-S5100

Amazing machine-great picture and sound-a MUST for Sony TV owners. Simple set up-Now comes with HDMI cable included. prior reviews said there was no HDMI and a too short optical cable. Sony must have listened - now HDMI is included.

Overall good, but a few very annoying shortcomings.

Overall a good Blu-Ray player- loads quickly and haven't had any problems playing content. It also looks great! I would give it 5/5, but there are two big shortcomings that are so annoying I could not give it more than 3 stars. First, the resume function on Blu-Ray works about 1 out of 10 times. Very odd, because my Sony DVD player I bought about 13 years ago does this flawlessly. Second, the resume feature in Hulu does not work at all. I don't watch much TV, so I cancelled my cable subscription and signed up for Hulu, and it's a real bummer having to watch all the commercials again when you have to resume an hour-long TV show after stopping it 10 minutes from the end.

GREAT AS A BLURAY PLAYER

This was a bonus with the Sony KDL70R550A LED TV and works great for playing DVDs and Blurays. The internet features leave a lot to be desired, but don't use the player for those features. Wireless connection to the internet was easy to set up, but I have yet to be able to access the Sony Entertainment Network or any other internet features. Player indicates that it is connected wirelessly to the internet, but always reverts back to step one of connecting to internet content when I push the SEN button on the remote and never gets past that so I can enter the access code. Sony was not much help in resolving the problem as they indicated that I needed to enter the internet access code which I already know, but am not able to get that far in the process as indicated above.

Sony BDP-S5100

This unit is light weight but performs well and has a full feature set for the price.

Pros:This player loads Audio and Video Discs much faster than my previous Sony BDP -S570.
The dedicated Netflix and SEN buttons on the remote are convenient but slower to load than accessing the main menu. The On Screen Display now lists the Wi-Fi download speed.

Cons:The Coaxial Digital Output is limited to 24Bit/48KHz output regardless of the Disc Audio formats. I did not test the HDMI audio output.

Fantastic 3D Blu Ray Player

My last Blu Ray player was a Samsung and loading Blu Rays took FOREVER. I read the reviews and settled on the BDP-S5100's predecessor. When it wasn't available, I gave this one a shot and I wasn't disappointed. Very fast loading and flawless playing on the Samsung 60" 3D TV I bought from Crutchfield.

Pros:Fast, excellent on screen controls reminiscent of the Playstation3.

Sony BDP-S5100

So far so good. I removed and replaced my previous BluRay player with the Sony BDP-S5100 last night. The player is extremely easy to get connected to our local WiFi network and to do the SW update that was waiting for it. We watched a couple of Game of Thrones episodes with improved loading speed, no hang-ups ["old" yamaha blu-ray player would get stuck] and found it easy to use. Picture quality is good on a high def TV with all of the motion in the video we were watching.

Pros:small, quiet, easy to install, options for power stand-by mode, good quality output on a large format TV.

Cons:does require logging on with a computer to register the player if you want to access Pandora etc.

Generally okay. Room for improvement.

This is my first BD player so I don't really have much to compare it to. Starts up fairly quickly and I didn't notice any problems with the presentation. The only thing that bugs me is that it doesn't seem very reliable about remembering where you left off if you stop playing a movie and come back later. I'm a bit spoiled by my DVD player that retains information for something like the last 30 discs it's seen, I guess.

nice Blue Ray

took me a bit longer to set this up with my older TV, but perseverance paid off and I got it up and running. not too bad though to figure out. Like anything new it just takes a bit to get it figured out. Easy though for the novice

Pros:fairly straight forward set up

Cons:the manual like all manuals now a days you about need a magnifying glass to read.

One Of The Best

I purchased this Sony due to the number of file formats it will play. I can watch just about any video formats including downloaded files. The player has been downsized from earlier models and its simple looks makes a very elegant display. Lots of WiFi content too!

Another great transaction from CRUTCHFIELD. Like all my other purchased, Crutchfield was a pleasure to deal with.

This DVD player is ergonomically designed on the outside. The Sony product permits a full range of options to link via your WiFi network to other services to maximize your entertainment enjoyment.

I replaced an older Blu Ray player which was not upgraded to accept the newest Blu Ray discs and it also was very slow. Since the Sony BDP-S5100 is WiFi connected, I imagine that its firmware is fully upg